one thing that ive noticed is :
when im taking photos of whatever and there is a tree in the back ground im getting a purple haze around some of the leaves . how do i correct that?

also im LOVING when i do get "the perfect picture" but to be honest im at about a 20% satisfaction right now with my photos ( i suck not the cameras fault)
im learning to adjust everything right now im just staying in P for now till i somewhat master that then ill move to the next and so on and so on

The purple fringing you're seeing is due to a combination of chromatic aberations in the lens and sensor blooming, where there's too much difference in contrast for the sensor to handle.

There's not a lot you can do about the latter, but the former is caused by lenses which aren't perfect. Before you get concerned, it affects most lenses, but some have it worse than others. It's generally worse towards the corners and at open apertures (small f numbers).

You'll see it in high contrast areas, so anywhere the subject suddenly goes from very bright to very dark. Trees and rooftops against a white overcast sky are the most common examples.

Short of buying a top of the range lens to avoid chromatic aberations, you can actually get rid of it quite effectively in programs like Photoshop. Basically you desaturate the offending area, thereby removing the unwanted colour. Photoshop allows you to be quite specific about this, only desaturating certain colours in certain areas. If people are interested, I can post a workshop in the future...

You should be able to do it in Corel - find the saturation option - this adjusts the amount of colour, so if you turn it all the way down, it'll basically make it black and white. So just select the areas with the purple in them and turn the saturation down to make it more discreet.

This forum really helped me decide on the K10D, especially this post by rei vilo. Here are my thoughts about the camera after 3-day use which I had originally posted in Future K10D Owner.

As I get more familiar with the K10D, I will add to this post.

I'm very happy with my new camera and I don't regret going with Pentax. I can't really do a review because I'm still learning how to use the d-slr (I wasn't even using AF when I was shooting film). I'm very impressed with the noise when shooting at 1600ISO which was something that worried me (from what I saw in some digital P+S). In the K10D, it's very soft and appealing to me.

The DA*50-135 f2.8 is a fabulous lens as well. Once you update the firmware (v.1.30), it's almost silent! It really makes a difference. I think it's pretty quick but as I've said I never really used AF before. The images are quite crisp and it works wonders even in very dark situations. If you look in my photo gallery (I'm also learning how to use Aperture), the first 3 images were taken in a room where the shutters were closed "à l'espagnol" so there was very little natural light coming into the room.

Many reviews state that the K10D is very heavy so I suppose I was expecting a beast. Not so! Everything is relative of course. Compared to my Nikon F90x, the K10D is lightweight! ^.^ Of course when you attach the 50-135 it's much heavier but again, I was expecting much worse. I do notice though that I tend to tilt to the left so perhaps I really should consider buying a monopod for when I go outside.

I'm still in the learning process concerning the different exposure modes so it would be unfair for me to say anything about them. Overall, I've been happy with the exposure metering (especially since I've been shooting in darkish environment).